Every day, Global University Venturing rounds up the smaller investments from across the university innovation ecosystem in its deal net.

The aerial electric taxi developer increased its overall funding to $720m in a series C round led by a $394m investment from Toyota.

The edge computing technology developer has reportedly been purchased by Apple, three years after being spun out of AI2 to advance work by University of Washington's Ali Farhadi.

University of Pittsburgh Medical Center’s investment and innovation arm has allocated $1bn to drug development funding over the next four years.

UW spinout Nicoya has its sight set on product development and business expansion after a series A round featuring UW Student Venture Fund and Wilfrid Laurier University’s Startup Fund.

The edge computing technology developer has reportedly been purchased by Apple after raising less than $15m from backers including NGP Capital.

Zinier took its overall funding to $120m in a round that included returning investor Qualcomm Ventures, with the cash to go to international growth and product development.

The insurance firm put up the capital for what looks set to be the 12th fund raised by investment firm Tiger Global Management, following a $3.8bn vehicle in 2018.

GV was among the investors as long-term care support provider CareBridge emerged from stealth with $40m and two acquisitions.

Brentwood Associates led a round that will fund US expansion by the Comcast and 7-Eleven-backed digital locksmith along with an expansion of its services.